Rocky Mountain Research Station

Title: Chapter 8. Industrial mineral extraction and geothermal exploration

Author: Merlan, Thomas

Date: 2007

Source: In: Anschuetz, Kurt F.; Merlan, Thomas. More than a scenic mountain landscape: Valles Caldera National Preserve land use history. Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-196. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. p. 125-128.

Station ID: GTR-RMRS-196

Description: The Valles Caldera is the result of the youngest major volcanic episode in the creation of the central Jémez volcanic field. This geological feature is a diverse suite of basaltic through rhyolitic rocks, which erupted from some time less than 13 million years ago to no later than .13 million years ago. It represents some of the greatest volcanic activity documented in the earth’s history.

Keywords: Valles Caldera National Preserve, VCNP, land use, Jémez volcanic field

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Merlan, Thomas  2007.  Chapter 8. Industrial mineral extraction and geothermal exploration.   In: Anschuetz, Kurt F.; Merlan, Thomas. More than a scenic mountain landscape: Valles Caldera National Preserve land use history. Gen. Tech. Rep. RMRS-GTR-196. Fort Collins, CO: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station. p. 125-128..